Advent calendar #27: A recipe for a successful video shoot
December 27, 2013
Simon Barnett from our Video Team offers us his recipe for a successful video shoot: An idea of what you want to record 5 cameras and tripods 3 monitors Camera Track and Dolly (10metres in length) 1 Jib Crane 15 different lights with stands Video cable (lots) An audio mixer Audio cable (lots) 6 different …
Advent calendar #8: Secrets of the video shoot!
December 8, 2013
Simon Barnett spills the secrets of the video production for the MOOC Sustainability, Society and You starting on FutureLearn on January 6th. The whole idea for the video shoot was to be as efficient as possible while still making all the content interesting. Much of the interest comes from what a variety of people have to …
Advent calendar #4: On becoming a MOOC video star!
December 4, 2013
In preparation for the MOOC Sustainability, Society and You, a series of short films were shot in the University’s Cripps Hall House as mentioned by Sarah in her previous post ‘The award for ‘one-take wonder’ goes to…’ My role was to interview a number of the guests and tour the house picking up on what …
Advent calendar #2: Setting up for filming for the MOOC
December 2, 2013
Lots of videos have been produced for the MOOC Sustainability, Society and You available via FutureLearn from January 6th next year. They are all, of course, themed around different sustainability issues, and many have been filmed in an ordinary house on the campus of the University of Nottingham, where we could look in detail at the …
The award for ‘one-take wonder’ goes to….
October 22, 2013
… the team filming the videos for our Sustainability course? Or one of the interviewees? In the 2nd week of September, Nottingham’s video production team worked with me to produce some new films to introduce the various weeks of the Sustainability course. I was nervous about this. The schedule was tight and we were reliant …